PERSONAL DATA

Ass. Prof. Dancho Danalev has graduated at the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM), Sofia, Bulgaria, specialisation “Organic synthesis of biological active compounds”. Dr. Danalev is a Chemical engineer and a M.Sc. in Chemistry (1999). He is a PhD in Organic Chemistry (2003, UCTM, Sofia, Bulgaria), worked on the synthesis and structure-activity relationship of biological active peptides. From 2002 Dr. Danalev is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organic Chemistry at UCTM, Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2006-2007 he spent 10 months postdoctoral research position at the laboratory guided by Prof. Vincent Ferrières, Ecole National Superior de Chimie de Rennes, France. There Dr. Danalev develops synthesis of glycofuranosides. Two years later in 2009, during 6 months period, Ass.Prof. Dr. Dancho Danalev is invited professor in the University of Cergy-Pontoise, France, ECIME laboratory, where he works with Prof. Pascal Griesmar on the design of new hybrid organic-inorganic materials comprising biomolecules. In 2009, as winner of the project with the National Fund "Scientific Research" of Bulgaria Dr. Danalev begins his second post-doctoral specialization in laboratory SOSCO, University of Cergy-Pontoise, where he is currently working on the synthesis of glycopeptides with antiviral and antiparasitic properties. His teaching concerns with the organic and bioorganic chemistry and the analysis of organic biological active compounds by means of modern analytical methods (HPLC, MS, NMR). As researcher, Dr. Danalev's work is related to the synthesis and investigation of structure-activity relationship of biomolecules especially amino acids, peptides, glycopeptides and carbohydrates.